Drinking: Anthropological Approaches(4 Anthropology of Food & Nutrition)

Over the last decades quite a few studies have been devoted to drinking. Most of these were concerned with alcohol and written by social anthropologists. This book presents multidisciplinary aspects of the ingestion of liquids at large, addressing many of the overt and covert meanings of drinking: from satisfying biological needs to communicating with humans and the hereafter, attempting to reach a differential emotional state or seeking good health and longevity through the ingestion of appropriate beverages. It includes papers from both biological and social scientists and covers a fair range of societies from rural and urban environments, and in continents and countries ranging from Europe, Africa, and Latin America to Malaysia and the Pacific.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations List of Figures and Map List of Tables Preface Chapter 1. For a Pluridisciplinary Approach to Drinking Igor de Garine Chapter 2. Thirst and Drinking as a Biocultural Process Luis Alberto Vargas Chapter 3. Water and Drinking in an Ecological Context among Australian Aboriginal People Practising Traditional Subsistence Methods Stanley J. Ulijaszek Chapter 4. Nor Any Drop to Drink: Everyday Drinking Habits in Pacific and New Zealand Societies Nancy J. Pollock Chapter 5. Drinking in Northern Cameroon among the Masa and Muzey lgor de Garine Chapter 6. Milk Consumption in African Pastoral Peoples Michael A. Little, Sandra J. Gray and Benjamin C. Campbell Chapter 7. The Drinking Ritual among the Maasai Fouad N. lbrahim Chapter 8. Changing Perceptions on Milk as a Drink in Western Europe: The Case of the Netherlands Adel P. den Hartog Chapter 9. Milk in the Mountains Helen M. Macbeth Chapter 10. Wine and Health: The Protective Role of Moderate Consumption A.M.Troncoso, M.C. Garcia Parrilla and M.V. Martinez Ortega Chapter 11. Drinking: An Almost Silent Language Isabel González Turmo Chapter 12. Gender and Drink in Aragon, Spain Luis Cantarero Abad Chapter 13. Tapeo: An Identity Model of Public Drink and Food Consumption in Spain Amado Millan Chapter 14. Cantinas and Drinkers in Mexico Ricardo Avila Palafox Chapter 15. Tamadoba: Drinking Social Cohesion at the Georgian Table Mary Ellen Chatwin Chapter 16. An Ethnographic Account of the Many Roles of Millet Beer in the Culture of the Duupa Agriculturalists, (Poli Mountains) Northern Cameroon Eric Garine Chapter 17. Socio-Economic and Cultural Implications of Alcoholic Beverages among the Abagusii of Western Kenya Wilfred K. Subbo Chapter 18. Alcohol, Slavery, and African Cultural Continuity in the British Caribbean Frederick H.Smith Chapter 19. Drinking in La Réunion: Between Living, Dying and Forgetting Annie Hubert Chapter 20. When is an Alcohol-Containing Substance Something Else? Southeast Asian Definitions Christine S. Wilson Chapter 21. Epilogue Helen M. Macbeth Index

About the Author :
Igor de Garine, Emeritus Director of Research, CNRS, Paris, and President of the International Commission for the Anthropology of Food

Review :
“…a very valuable book…Lie any good book, this one raises as many questions as it answers. It is a solidly anthropological volume, combining biological and cultural dimension of the discipline. I recommend the book highly.”  ·  American Anthropologist